Episodios

  • Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy

    Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy
    Jul 17 2025
    Adam Gaffney, co-author of this article, on Trump & Co.’s cuts to health care and research • Alan Beattie tries to make sense of Trump’s nonsensical trade policy The post Health cuts, Trump’s trade policy appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 h
  • Too much work—and what to do about it

    Too much work—and what to do about it
    Jul 10 2025
    Juliet Schor, author of Four Days a Week, on experiments in reducing the workweek • Katherine Moos and Noé Martin Wiener, authors of this paper, on overwork among teachers The post Too much work—and what to do about it appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 h
  • NATO summit, the depredations of private equity

    NATO summit, the depredations of private equity
    Jul 3 2025
    Lily Lynch, author of this report, on the NATO summit • Megan Greenwell, author of Bad Company, on the depredations of private equity The post NATO summit, the depredations of private equity appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 h
  • Iran, fake work

    Iran, fake work
    Jun 26 2025
    Sohrab Ahmari, US editor of UnHerd, on Iran, Israel, and the US • Leigh Claire La Berge, author of Fake Work, on the ludicrous side of capitalism The post Iran, fake work appeared first on KPFA.
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    57 m
  • Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives

    Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives
    Jun 19 2025
    Two perspectives on Israel’s war on Iran: Mouin Rabbani on the regional/global context and Joel Schalit on Israeli society and politics The post Israel’s war on Iran: two perspectives appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 h
  • BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America

    BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America
    Jun 12 2025
    Paolo Gerbaudo on the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s rise (articles here and here) • Andrew Hartman, author of Karl Marx in America, on the bearded one’s reception in the US The post BYD—whence it came, where it’s going • Marx in America appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 h
  • Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US

    Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US
    Jun 5 2025
    Laleh Khalili, author of this review, on the long relationship between the US military and industry • Kyle Chan, author of this article, on how China is surpassing the US The post Weapons and technology, China surpassing the US appeared first on KPFA.
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    32 m
  • Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance

    Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance
    May 29 2025
    John Cassidy, author of Capitalism and Its Critics, on just that • Sandeep Vaheesan, author of this review, will talk about abundance—neoliberal vs. genuine The post Capitalism and its critics, real abundance vs. bogue abundance appeared first on KPFA.
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    1 h